lunch box

jenz27

Hello,

This is the first time I have posted here (although I’ve been reading your posts for a few months) and I’m not sure if this is in the right place.

First I just want to say how helpful some of the things I have been reading are, I have managed to cut my shopping bill down and also make the food that I do have to stretch alot more

I just wondered if anyone had any ideas for things I can do for my other half’s lunch box. Its more savoury things really as I have been putting 2 packets of crisps in (he gets hungry as he does long hours) it’s not very healthy and a bit boring I think.
I don’t mind baking things. But just can't think of anything to do that wouldn’t cost alot.

Anyway any ideas you have would be great.

Thanks and sorry again if it’s in the wrong place.

Jen

newlywed

quiche or frittata type omelettes?
make your own pasties?

skiTTish

Hi ,My hubby is a truck driver and get 'boredom hunger' on long journeys so I try to make him one hand snacks like muffins ,scones and flap jack.
For savoury I make him cold pasta with a tin of tuna some sweetcorn and mayo mixed in or cold pasta with chicken sweetcorn ,mayo and a lil curry paste .
I also buy cheap packs of frozen chicken legs and coat them in BBQ sauce and roast them and he takes them cold too.
Much cheaper than greasy spoons on route !

freakyogre

I prefer wraps/pitta breads/bagels to sandwiches, or rice cakes/crackers. You could make some cheese straws as snacks or cheese scones.

Could he take leftovers from the night before if you make a little bit more or whatever you're having for dinner?

Butterfly_Brain

Pitta breads filled with salad and eggs, chicken or ham with a little mayo. I always leave a little meat from the Sunday roast to do this for Mondays my DH loves chicken and stuffing with raw shredded white cabbage.
I agree with freakogre about leftovers.
What about a pasta based meal like Tuna pasta or Potato salad. Cheese and bacon pasties, Tuna and sweetcorn pasties
Scones, Muffins, Cheese Straws, HM Cereal bars, Flapjacks, Cup cakes, Twinks Hobnobs are really good and economical.

PasturesNew

Make your own flavoured stuffing balls. Get ideas from the packets in the shops.
Cheese straws
Cheese scones
Pitta bread filled with sausage/onion/sweet chilli sauce (or even brown sauce) ... 1.5 sausages/pitta would fill one, slice them on the slant so the pieces are long ovals, makes it look more.
Boiled egg, still in the shell
Make your own flapjacks or twink's hobnobs
Make your own crisps: thinly slice a couple of spuds, spread them out on paper towel and sprinkle with any flavours you have to hand (salt, chilli, curry ...), Keep an eye on them and nuke them for short periods (1 min at first, then 45 second bursts), turn when they look done and repeat... or, you could fry them in the frying pan.

jenz27

Thanks so much for your replies, they have given me some good ideas!
No more boring lunch boxes

Jen x

Trinny

Hi There

what about pasties or wraps filled with stuff
HM quiche eaten cold - with some home grown salad if you can
Hm biscuits or fruit cake that can be buttered
Cheese straws - HM
Sandwiches
HM pies
Cold pasta or rice salad
regular salad or veges with HM dip
if crisps is your thing - B&M or Home bargains do them cheap
popped corn - HM sprinkled with salt
pitta breads stuffed with filling
potato salad or coleslaw

otherwise if he has access to a microwave - then leftovers - i take leftover roast dinner to work a few days a week. or last nights curry or chilli or a baked potato with filling - even a tin of baked beans

Bread and butter pudding or bread pudding is also cheap and filling if HM

Trin

kaz2004

You can get a food thermos really cheaply from Wilkos mine was £4. Then put in warm pasta, soups etc. They are great for last night's leftovers.

Home made sausage rolls are great, you can put cheese and onion in too to make veggie rolls.

Good luck!

Katie-Kat-Kins

I normally take leftovers, chilli, curry, pasta, whatever we had the night before.

For a change or if I don't have any leftovers some ideas I have used in the past are:

Tin of soup and some bread (I keep a box of own brand cup a soup in my desk for emergencies too)
Tomatoes (small fit in the mouth in one sized ones)
Raw carrot/pepper (if you are feeling organised make a dip or buy a whoopsied one)
crackers with cheese triangles
Asda 9p noodles - also good for emergencies - the instructions say you need a microwave but you can just soak them in boiling water in a large mug if you don't have "facilities"
Boiled egg cold is good and filling too
Look out for whoopsied pasties, sausage rolls, baguettes etc too to make things more interesting
Raisens

Hope that helps lunches at work are really difficult.

MrsBartolozzi

If it's a savoury snacky thing he likes, try these breadsticks. I make them with 20g of parmesan instead of caraway seeds, but they are quite versatile eg sesame seeds.